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    Have you seen this nursing tool?

    newtress replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I almost thought you were going to talk about an irritating co-worker
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    IMs and aspirating blood

    newtress replied to soxfan80's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder what the rationale is for some schools teaching to not aspirate? I'm currently giving flu shots and always aspirate, but always see blood quickly seep from injection site directly after...
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    Help with my Psych Nursing Diagnosis!

    newtress replied to LisaMarie5's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd say yes you are going in the right direction with what you've presented in your care plan. I've been a nurse at a psych hospital up until July when they layed off about 40% of the nurses. Anyhooz,...
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    What can an LPN expect to make from agencies?

    newtress replied to CloudySue's topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi there Cloudysue, I just recently signed on with an agency in my hometown. I did so because there have been no jobs posted anywhere and hospitals and clinics are hire freezed since July. Most...
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    Agency pay dropped ?

    newtress replied to AC439's topic in Agency Nurses

    Lindarn, this is what I have been trying to tell my boyfriend. I've gone as far as calling it organized crime. They are pimpsters. I'd like to ask, if one goes about becoming the independent...
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    How do you balance your med pass?

    newtress replied to Jag815's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pistolchick, what you just posted is a masterpiece. That is exactly what a med pass is like in an LTC. I still feel down on myself for not being able to stay on time in compliance. Last week, I was...
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    Proper terminology of maintaining peg tubes

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I like the way that's worded, a great
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    Proper terminology of maintaining peg tubes

    newtress posted a topic in General Nursing

    HI everyone, I am going to redo an updated resume in the morning and I for some reason don't know how to put my peg tube experience in a short concise sentence that sounds right. Administering...
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    other rn mama's ..going back to work after

    newtress replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    The term LO. What does it mean? I honestly haven't heard of that yet, enlighten
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    "Cancel Remove" function on PYXIS Machine

    newtress replied to Flying ICU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Talk about "a machine being the only witness", I had several go arounds with it and had me sobbing in the corner of a med room. On several shifts I was the oncoming 11p-7a med nurse, and the...
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    Medically restricted from night shift?

    newtress replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG Caliotter3 I surely hope you are alright now. That was my concern before I resigned out of my last position. I started not being able to see the orders on the pyxis screen even with my reading...
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    Medically restricted from night shift?

    newtress replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I too was medically restricted from working 11p-7a after I started having physiological symptoms at work, and darn near caused a 5 car pile up driving home one morning. My nurse manager and house...
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    Just started with agency now banned from regular hire

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Agency Nurses

    Interesting Caliotter3, I also worked for the afore mentioned temp agency many years ago before college, but it was for industrial manufacturing and was for almost 2 yrs! Back then, the pay was...
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    Just started with agency now banned from regular hire

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Agency Nurses

    Thanks caliotter3 for admitting you'd have been just as blindsided as I was. Have y'all noticed how many staffing agencies have cropped up in the last couple of years? Like there's multiple...
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    Just started with agency now banned from regular hire

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Agency Nurses

    That seems logical to me. I think since this is my first go at agency work and have worked with several agency nurses who have "regular" jobs elsewhere I assumed something because they weren't up...
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    So tired of crappy treatment by seasoned nurses!

    newtress replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned in this first year of nursing that no matter where I have been working, the rude manners thing is quite common. Now that I know this, I basically have come to accept this is how it is. I...
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    Compact state non eligeble question

    newtress posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, my friend and I both LPN's, thought we understood the nurse license compact act and states. Now we are all confused after looking at a state board website for endorsement. She was curious about...
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    License in 2 states at same time?

    newtress replied to Rnstudent2011's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I wish that all RN licenses were national, such as the AART for radiological technicians is national. Radiography techniques in New York would be the same in California, such as the same...
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    Same old question hopefully new answers

    newtress posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hello to all. I'm relocating to Sacramento Cali in a few weeks. Finally got my license endorsed, have been an LPN for a year now (out of state) and have saved thousands of dollars for the move to live...
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    Same old question hopefully new answers

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in California Nursing

    Caliott, you are so right about that. So my hunch was that perhaps the pay rates were actually better years back, and now to offer less is more for them because when you are out of work and need to...
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    Same old question hopefully new answers

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks for the tip. After my post I almost typed back "caliotter3 where are you?" I thought maybe you might have the skinny on a few things. Glad to see your response! I did in fact last week call...
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    Thoughts or opinions about home health agencies Sacramento

    newtress posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hello to all. I am going to be moving back to the Sacramento area at the beginning of August. I'm well aware of how difficult it is to be offered any nursing positions right now. I am an LPN w/1yr exp...
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    Thoughts or opinions about home health agencies Sacramento

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks Caliotter3 for pointing out all those things, and so true about those who are interested in their patients and the employees becoming so rare, especially these days with nursing agencies being...
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    Thoughts or opinions about home health agencies Sacramento

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in California Nursing

    Alrighty, I would slide over to the HH forum but I'm posing a question specific to NorCal nurses in that particular city. So to you Caliotter3 which I admire most all or your posts, is there something...
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    This can't be right...

    newtress replied to pinkstudentnurse20's topic in General Nursing

    Geez o peezo. Can't a student ask some experienced nurses some questions without being critiqued on paragraph and sentence structure? This is the mentality of some nurses that I wish would just go...